Culture of Basketball Round-Up : Edition # 108

Lay-Up Youth Basketball

December 2nd, 2024

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This week’s quick hits 🔥

Watch 📺 - Ainka Jess of She's4Sports helps connect fans to the league while excitement surrounding Toronto's potential WNBA expansion team grows. Rich Kleiman and NBA champion Matt Barnes discuss how their award-winning podcast revolutionized athlete storytelling and sports media. Multi-talented Deja Kelly, Oregon Women’s Basketball star, becomes the first-ever player to finish her game and transition straight into sideline reporting for the Ducks' men’s squad.

Listen 🎙️ -  Tanya Casole-Gouveia and Canadian sports icons discuss the pride and symbolism behind Canada's first WNBA team jerseys. On Knuckleheads, Derek Anderson reflects on his inspiring journey from a challenging childhood to winning championships at the college and NBA levels. A'ja Wilson joins The Roommates Show to debate WNBA rim height and share her take on a fun 1-on-1 matchup prediction.

Read 📖 - Makeway, Toronto’s first female-led streetwear boutique, teams up with Nike for the "Party 6000" sneaker, redefining the P-6000 silhouette with a groundbreaking collaboration. Nike athlete Paige Bueckers adds another milestone to her name as the first-ever NIL athlete to design and launch a Nike Player Edition basketball sneaker. A new generation of athletes and fans are energized as Nike teams up with Fortnite as a launch partner for "Kicks," a new footwear cosmetic.

WATCH

This Toronto business aims to amplify women and girls in sports.

The excitement surrounding Toronto's potential WNBA expansion team is growing, with Ainka Jess of She's4Sports helping to connect fans to the league.

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Deja Kelly, Oregon Women’s Basketball star, becomes the first-ever player to finish her game and transition straight into sideline reporting for the Ducks' men’s squad.

- Deja’ Kelly

LISTEN

More Than A Jersey

In this episode of Bringing Home the W, we dive into the pride and symbolism behind the jerseys of Canada’s first WNBA team.

Derek Anderson | Knuckleheads Podcast

Derek Anderson joins Q and D this week on Knuckleheads.

A’ja Debates Lowering WNBA Rims, Beating Josh 1v1 & Reacting To Knick Fans Twitter Crashouts

Podcast Episode · Roommates Show with Jalen Brunson & Josh Hart · 2024-11-21 · 1h 14m

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Toronto’s Makeway Gets Its First Nike Collaboration - The PARTY-6000

In 2020, Shelby Weaver and Abby Albino set out to do the unprecedented, founding Toronto’s Makeway as North America’s first female-led and female-focused streetwear outpost....

UCONN Star Bueckers Makes NIL History with Nike Sneaker

All-American guard Paige Bueckers of No. 2 ranked UConn continues to etch her name in the college sports history book, both on an off the court.

NIKE, Inc. Continues to Energize Youth Fandom with Latest Fortnite Integration — NIKE, Inc.

NIKE, Inc. is a launch partner for “Kicks” in Fortnite, a new footwear cosmetic launching November 21.

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